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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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